Question 1:

1. What/Who is the highlight of each caption?

The bolded words “winning duo” helps you to know who or what your attention needs to be
focused on. The picture shows Kevin and Marcus holding their trophies with happy smiles.
This is what the picture highlights: Kevin and Marcus, winning the All England title again.

The Highlight: Kevin and Marcus, winning the All England title.

Caption 1
badminton
Persistent Kevin, Marcus claim 2nd All England title

(The Jakarta Post, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, p. 1)

Winning duo: Indonesia’s Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (left) and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
pose on the podium with their tophies after beating Denmark’s Mathias Boe and Carsten
Mogensen during the men’s doubles final at the All England Open Badminton
Championships in Birmingham, England, on Sunday.

Question 2:
1. How is the picture contextualized?
A picture can be contextualized by explicit statements of the circumstances surrounding the
the event.
 The Context of the picture
The circumstances surrounding the event:
on the podium
with their tophies
after beating Denmark’s Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen
during the men’s doubles final at the All England Open Badminton Championships
in Birmingham, England,
on Sunday

Question 3:
2. How does the caption relate to the headlines?

The Relation to the Headline

The headline is “Persistent Kevin, Marcus claim 2nd All England title”. The word
‘winning’ in the caption is closely associated with the word ‘persistent’; ‘duo’ refers to
Kevin and Marcus.